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Open interest climbed 7.59% to $156 billion even as positions were closed out, a sign traders are chasing the move rather than stepping back.

Four masked men have held a family of four captive for more than three hours at their home in northern France and forced the father, an IT worker in the crypto sector, to transfer €40,000 in digital assets. According to…

ACINQ says operators can install the security fixes without closing existing Lightning channels. The post A Bitcoin Lightning flaw could send a node’s entire balance straight to miners appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The flagship cryptocurrency continued its red-hot rebound, and was up over 30% since Aug. 19 and is holding firmly above the $80,000 level that had proved a stubborn cap in recent weeks.

Roughly $650 million out of the total came from short positions as BTC and the alts are on fire on Monday.

Bitcoin hit $85,000 for the first time since January as markets focused on cooling oil prices.

X has sued Vivek Kumar Sen and Zmyang Sherpa for running fake bitcoin headline accounts to fraudulently earn creator rewards from the platform.

A team at the bank, led by Ben Snider, wrote in a recent note that they see S&P 500 earnings per share growth slowing to 11% in 2027 and 2028.

European Central Bank hopes to launch a retail equivalent by 2029

Nintendo Switch 2 buyers are adding a 20 cent banana at Walmart to unlock a grocery code that takes $10 off. The post Why Are Nintendo Switch 2 Fans Putting 20 Cent Bananas in Their Walmart Carts? appeared first on BeInCrypto.

Eugene Investment & Securities has signed an agreement with blockchain company BEATOZ to test stablecoin settlement for tokenized securities subscriptions, targeting an onchain process that covers subscription, payment and settlement. According to Eugene Investment & Securities, the memorandum of understanding…

France is the worst-hit country in the world for these attacks, with more than 70 logged in the first eight months of 2026.

Zoomex, a global cryptocurrency trading platform focused on derivatives, has opened regular registration for the ZWTC 2026 Squad Competition, moving its annual trading championship from the launch phase into active team formation. Traders can now select and join participating squads, with regular registration remaining open until October 3, 2026, at 10:00 UTC. Captain registration will The post ZW...

X alleges six Bitcoin-focused accounts coordinated posts and engagement to inflate creator payouts, with claimed and projected losses of at least $378,000.

Stripe added Samsung Pay to Crypto Onramp for Android React Native apps, expanding fiat-to-crypto payment options for developers and users.

Japanese group seeks to raise more than $11bn in dollar and euro bonds as it invests in the AI boom